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Akkosaka BhAradvAja Vatthu 97-
8 
angel and the worm 33 
Aputtaka millionaire 195 
Ariya the fisherman 74-5 
Asajji Thera 328 
AsitAbhu JAtaka 278 
BAhiya DArucEriya 369-70 
BAvarE and his disciples 339-42 
begging bowl 149 
BhagraghaEa JAtaka 237-8 
Bhattabhatika the woodcutter 196 
boa constrictor 297-8 
boy who had to find his extended 
family 206 
BrahmadaAIa punishment of 
Channa 319 
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Buddha: cherished his parents 150; 
left hungry by Brahmin Verafija 
400; tends to a sick monk himself 
211; vow under the Bodhi Tree 
356 
Cakkana and the rabbit 230-1 
CakkupAla Thera 249-50 
cavemen frozen for their ignorance 
259 
choice of which precept to break 
241 
Cifica MAAavika 309-10 
condemned man who said too much 
137 
CuOaseEEhE JAtaka 180-1 
Culapanthaka 297 
Cullapaduma JAtaka 288 
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CEOasAtaka Brahmin 194 
Daddalla VimAnavatthu 195-6 
death of VisAkhA's grandchild 
406-
7 
EkuddAna Thera 338-9 
establishing Saketu 74 
father, the son and the donkey 220 
Ghosaka's lifetime as a dog 75 
Godha JAtaka 329 
GuAa JAtaka 287-8 
happy beggar & discontent 
businessman 277-8 
how hot is chili? 329 
how not to conduct a Dhamma 
discussion 342-3 
JavasakuAa JAtaka 289 
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JEvaka heals King Candappajjota 
318 
JEjaka Brahmin & his wife 
AmittatApanA 196 
KAOE KuraraghalikA 299 
KAma JAtaka 418-9 
KaccAni JAtaka 149 
Kamanita not recognizing Buddha 
322 
Kapila Bhikkhu 96 
KhantivAdE JAtaka 308 
Khumbhabhedaka JAtaka 237-8 
King Rama V. abolishes slavery 
268 
KisAgotamE TherE 383-4 
KosAtakE pays homage at pagoda 
63-4 
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KuEumbEyaputta-Tissa Thera 392 
Kukku JAtaka 202 
KukkuEamitta the hunter 231-2 
Kukkura JAtaka 211 
Kumbha JAtaka 241-2 
Kumbhaghosaka 278 
LakuAIaka Bhaddhiya Thera 400-
1 
Loma-kassapa JAtaka 354-5 
love beyond the grave 174-5 
MaOsa JAtaka 137-8 
MaEEhakuAIalE 328 
MAgandiyA 310 
MAtika MAta 369 
MahAdhammapAla JAtaka 202-3 
MahAdhana: millionnaire reduced 
to rags 239-40 
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MahA-Kappina Thera 424 
MahAkassapa 368-9: kuti burned 
down by foolish student 34 
MahAnAga Thera 328-9 
MakhAdeva JAtaka 249 
Mallika Sutta 406 
man & the python 231 
married spite beyond the grave 
175-6 
Milakkha-Tissa Thera 381-3 
monk: and the five-hundred bats 
75-6; overestimates attainment 
417; who gave his parents first 
choice of almsfood 149; 
MudulakkhaAa JAtaka 355-6 
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towards Enlightened Living 
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Nakkhatta JAtaka 181 
NandivisAla JAtaka 137 
one ladleful of rice 287 
orphan with a debt to pay 151 
PaEAcArA TherE 408-10 
PaficapApA pays homage with 
resentment 64 
Paficuposatha JAtaka 279 
Pilinavajja says `rascal' 259-60 
PuAAovAda Sutta 308-9 
putting your land in a whisky bottle 
238-9 
RAdha 318-9 
RAjovAda JAtaka 203 
red-beard executioner saved by 
associating with a wise one 48-9 
reluctant marriage: MahAkassapa 
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175; the nun 175 
revenge of the KAOE Ogress 418 
SAlittaka JAtaka 117-8 
SAriputta: criticized for a squint 
under-robe 319; humility 267; 
jumps canals 259 
Saccaka Nigantha 298-9 
SakamAna Sutta 424 
SerivA JAtaka 221-2 
SEha JAtaka 287-8 
SElavanAga JAtaka 288 
Sid JAtaka 89-90 
stray dog got fat 279-80 
Subhadda Thera 250 
SudhApiAIaya helps build pagoda 
62-3 
Sumana the garland-maker 61-2 
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Sumedha hermit 194-5 
S£ci JÅtaka 221 
SuvaÅÅahaösa JÅtaka 279 
swimology 116-7 
Temiya the mute 202, 309 
tigers in the town 410 
Tittira JÅtaka 259 
turtle and fish 329-30 
UrÅga JÅtaka 407-8 
Vattaka JÅtaka 210 
Vakkali Thera 327 
Vangisa Thera Vatthu 392 
Verarija Sutta 339 
Vidhudabba & MahÅnÅma 267-8 
Visayha JÅtaka 399-400 
war in KaliIga 210-1 
Preface 461 
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Meditation is a state of ease, inner 
peace and happiness 
that we can bring into being, 
ourselves. It is 
a practice recommended by 
Buddhism for happiness, 
non-recklessness, mindfulness and 
wisdom 
in everyday life. It is no mystery, 
but something 
which can be easily practised by 
all following the 
technique taught by 
Phramonkolthepmuni (Sodh 
Candasaro), Luang Phaw Wat 
Paknam as follows: 
Step-by-Step Instructions for the 
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Meditation Technique 
(1) Paying respect to the Triple 
Gem: To start one 
should soften one's mind by 
paying respect to the 
Triple Gem, before taking Five or 
Eight Precepts to 
consolidate one's virtue; 
(2) Recollect your goodness: 
Kneel or sit with your feet 
to one side and think of all the 
good deeds you have 
done throughout the day, from 
your past, and all the 
good deeds you intend to do in the 
future. Recollect 
such good deeds in such a way, 
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until you feel as if your 
whole body seems to be filled with 
tiny particles of 
goodness; 
(3) Sit for meditation, relaxing 
body and mind: Sit in 
the half-lotus position, upright 
with your back and 
spine straight — cross-legged with 
your right leg over 
the left one. Your hands should 
rest palms-up on your 
lap, and the tip of your right index 
finger should touch 
your left thumb. Try to find a 
position of poise for 
yourself. Don't take up a position 
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where you have to 
force or stress yourself unnaturally 
— but at the same 
time, don't slouch! Softly close 
your eyes as if you were 
falling asleep. Don't squeeze your 
eyes shut and make 
sure you have no tension across 
your eyebrows. Relax 
every part of your body, beginning 
with the muscles of 
your face, then relax your face, 
neck shoulders, arms, 
chest, trunk and legs. Make sure 
there are no signs of 
tension on your forehead or across 
your shoulders. 
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Focus on the task in hand, creating 
a feeling of ease in 
your mind. Feel that the you are 
entering upon a 
supreme state of calm and ease 
with both body and 
mind. 
(4) Imagine a crystal ball as the 
object of your meditation: 
Imagine a clear, bright, flawless 
crystal ball as if it 
is floating at the centre of your 
body (see seventh base 
of the mind in the illustration). The 
crystal ball should 
be pure and soothing, like 
twinkling starlight to the 
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eye. At the same time, softly repeat 
the sound of the 
mantra ' SammA-ArahaO' to 
yourself as `recollection 
of the Buddha' over and over 
again. Alternatively you 
can start by imagining the crystal 
ball at the first base 
of the mind, and gradually move it 
down to the 
seventh base via the other six bases 
(see diagram) while 
repeating the mantra to yourself. 
Once the crystal ball becomes 
visible at the centre of the 
body, continue to maintain a 
feeling of ease, as if the 
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mental object seen is part of that 
feeling. If the crystal 
ball should disappear, don't feel 
disappointed — just 
keep the same feeling of ease in 
your mind as before, 
and imagine a new crystal ball in 
place of the old. If the 
mental object should appear 
anywhere else other than 
the centre of the body, gradually 
lead the object to the 
How to Meditate 
462 A Manual of Peace: 38 Steps 
towards Enlightened Living 
centre of the body, without using 
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even the slightest of 
force. When the mental object has 
come to a standstill 
at the centre of the body, place the 
attention at the 
centre of that object, by imagining 
that there is an 
additional tiny star visible there. 
Focus your mind 
continuously on the tiny star at the 
centre of the object 
of meditation. The mind will adjust 
itself until it comes 
to a perfect standstill. At that point, 
the mind will fall 
through the centre and there will 
be a new brighter 
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sphere which arises in place of the 
original one. This 
new sphere is known as the 
PaEhama-magga sphere' 
or `sphere of Dhamma'. This 
sphere is the gateway or 
trailhead to the pathway to 
Nirvana. 
Imagining the object of meditation 
is something you can 
do the whole of the time, wherever 
you may be, whether 
sitting, standing, walking, 
lying-down or performing 
other activities. 
It is advised to imagine in such a 
way continuously at 
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every moment of the day 
but 
imagining without 
force. No matter how well you 
manage, you should be 
contented with your level of 
progress, in order to prevent 
excessive craving for immediate 
results becoming 
a hindrance to your progress. If 
you meditate until 
having attained a steadfast, 
diamond-bright `sphere of 
Dhamma' at the centre of your 
body, you should try to 
maintain it by recollecting it as 
continuously as you can. 
In such a way, the benefits of your 
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meditation will not 
only keep your life on the pathway 
of happiness, success 
and non-recklessness, but also 
ensure your continuing 
progress in meditation. 
ADDITIONAL ADVICE 
1. Avoid force: Never force 
anything in your meditation. 
Don't squeeze your eyes closed 
thinking you 
will see the object of meditation 
more quickly. Don't 
tense your arms, your abdomen or 
your body —
because any form of tension will 
only cause the mind 
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